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The College of Arts & Sciences have announced that Chemistry faculty received two of the three Distinguished Teaching Fellows awards for 2014-2017. Dr. Laura Busenlehner has been named a Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Dr. Patrick Frantom has been named a Distinguished Teaching with Technology Fellows. The Distinguished Teaching Fellows are chosen on the basis of their outstanding contributions to the teaching mission of the college. Fellows serve a three year term during which they serve as mentors for college faculty on issues related to teaching. The awards will be presented during the fall A&S Faculty meeting.

The Department is pleased to congratulate Ms. April McIntosh who is the 2014 recipient of the Office, Clerical, and Technical Staff Assembly (OCTSA) Outstanding Staff Award. Ms. McIntosh in a senior office associate in the department and provides support for our endowed chair faculty.

Chemistry major Lynda Truong is one of two UA students to receive a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. Lynda is an undergraduate research student under the direction of Dr. Stephen Woski. Brian Goodell is the other recipient. Brian is a Chemical Engineering major who does undergraduate research with Dr. David Nikles.

The Chemistry Department honored its student at the annual Chemistry Honors Day Convocation on April 4th. The following students received the top chemistry student honors. For a full list of award recipients go to the graduate and undergraduate award pages.

The Delta Beta Chapter of Gamma Sigma Epsilon welcome the 2014 induction class on April 3rd. Gamma Sigma Epsilon is a national chemistry honorary society. Students who have completed 14 hours of chemistry courses with a 3.3 GPA in chemistry and overall are eligible to apply for member ship in GSE.

Congratulations to Mier An who received the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation award and to Mingyang Chen who received the College Outstanding Research by a Doctoral Student award. Mier earned her PhD under the directly of Dr. Laura Busenlehner and Mingyang was mentored by Dr. David Dixon.